Combined vest and suspenders.



H. HOPPENSTEIN.

COMBINED VEST AND SUSPENDERS. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 28, 1910.

970,824. I Patented Sept-20, 1910. Jw/ 1:

HARRIS HOPPENSTEIN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COMBINED VEST AND SUSPENDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

Application filed January 28, 1910. Serial No. 540,629.

To .all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIS HOPPENSTEIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Combined Vests and Suspenders,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates-to a combined vest and suspenders for mens wear.

The object of this invention is to produce for mens wear a vest-fronthaving pockets whose opening is exposed at the outer surface of the vestand whose back wall is provided with a button-hole that is concealedfrom view by the front wall of the pocket. The said button-holes serveto engage buttons on the front part of trousers, and each shoulder ofsaid vest front provided with a strap to extend down the back and engagebuttons on the back part of the trousers. This novel construction ofgarment will serve the purposes of a pair of suspenders and a vest.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing herewith to which referenceis made.

Figure 1 in said drawing is a front view of the garment. Fig. 2 shows aback view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view.

The vest front comprises the two front halves, a, a, which diminish inwidth up-.'

wardly and taper to the shoulder; each front at the center upper partshas a curved edge,

6, whose lower ends come together at, c, in

' the form of a V, and said two curved edges shirt front.

form the open bosom which will expose the From said open V-bosom,marked, a, the two front halves are united on a central'vertical line,(1, either by buttons,

6, and button-holes, or by a line of stitches; it is immaterial which,as it is not a matter of much practical importance. Each front, a,terminates at the shoulder, f, and a strap, g, is attached to eachshoulder.

If the two front halves at the central vertical line, d, are stitched toether, a person can put the garment on or ta (e it off by slipplug theopen bosom and straps over his 1d. This may be done because the garmenthas neither a back nor arm holes.

A back-strap, h, is attached at the side edge, 2', of each vest fronthalf, and these two straps, h, extend around to the back where a personmay buckle them together. These back-straps serve to keep the twofronts, a, a in contact with the person.

The two suspender straps, g, extend down the back, cross each other, andat the lower end each strap has a button-hole, j, by means of which toengage a button on the back part of the trousers. If desired thesestraps, 9, may be partly elastic.

The two vest front halves are provided with pockets, In, l, which openon the outer surface, a, as with ordinar vests; these pockets serve tocarry a watcii, pencil, spectacle-case or other useful device. The backwall, 0, of the said pocket has a button-hole, m, that. opens into theockct and serves to engage a button on the rout of the trousers. Theouter fabric, a, of the vest-front constitutes the front wall of theocket and covers and conceals the hole, m, in the pocket andopenings areexposed at the outer surface of the vest and the back wall of whichpockets is provided with a button-hole that is coveredand concealed bythe front wall-said button-hole being adapted to engage a hutton on thefront part of the trousers, and a suspender stra attached to the end ofeach of said upwar ly-tapered parts and extending down the back andadapted to engage buttons on the back part of trousers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRIS HOPPENSTE IN.

Witnesses:

G. FERDINAND Voc'r, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.

